How many enemies did the five heroes of Langya Mountain destroy?

"The five strong men stood on the top of Langya Mountain, looking out at the direction where the masses and the main force of the army had ...... goneThe warriors also held their heads high and jumped down from the cliff one after another. ”

In recent years, the topic of "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" has been brought up again, and people have once again recalled this article they read in elementary school.

But when I read it as an adult, I always have a different experience, and at this time, the topic of "Five Heroes" became popular also began to appear.

For example, do the five heroes of Langya Mountain really exist?If so, how many enemies did they destroy back then?

Why are there such problems?Let's take another look at this history.

In 1941, a new commander of the Japanese North China Front came Okamura Ninji.

Okamura Ninji came here to "be ashamed before the snow".

Long before his arrival, a famous war broke out on the anti-Japanese battlefield in North China - the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

Under the leadership of our party, the Eighth Route Army engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese invaders, because the troops involved in this war were as many as 105 regiments, so it was called the "Battle of the Hundred Regiments".

It was also this war that caused the Japanese invaders, who had won many battles in the past, to suffer a heavy setback, and they were beaten by our party to the point where they were confused.

In order to deal with the Eighth Route Army, Okamura Ninji was transferred to the North China Battlefield and was responsible for commanding the North China Front.

In August, Okamura Ninji commanded more than 70,000 Japanese puppet troops, intending to launch a "sweep" against the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area.

Under the command of Okamura Ninji, the Japanese invaders implemented the "three-light policy", that is: burning, killing, and robbing.

He also named the operation "The Battle of the Millions" as a retaliation for the "Battle of the Hundred Regiments".

The Japanese army was numerous and extremely well equipped.

In the face of the enemy's sweep, the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region reacted immediately, and the First Army Division transformed the terrain fortifications near Langya Mountain to prepare for the upcoming "sweep".

Langya Mountain, belonging to the Taihang Mountains in the north, is located in Yi County, Hebei Province.

There are many mountain peaks here, and the terrain is complex, which is why our troops are hiding in them, and it is difficult for the enemy to inflict substantial damage on our troops.

However, the enemy carried out inhumane ** to the villages near Langya Mountain**-Nanqi Village and Beiqi Village under Langya Mountain, under the enemy's "three-light policy", none of the villagers remained, and the houses were burned down in a fire.

When the Eighth Route Army on the mountain heard the news, they couldn't wait to go down the mountain to fight the Japanese invaders.

Soon, the sweep of the Japanese army came to the foot of the mountain.

At dawn on September 23, the Japanese puppet army officially divided into three routes from Dingxing and near Fangshun Bridge and marched to Langya Mountain.

The soldiers stationed in the 1st Division urgently planted mines in the places where the Japanese invaders must pass to delay the enemy's footsteps.

At the beginning, the enemy army was unfamiliar with Langya Mountain, their speed was slow, and the fighters of the first division took a long time to prepare.

But soon, the Japanese army found the Japanese puppet army Zhao Yukun, and quickly marched under the leadership of Zhao Yukun, and by noon that day, the Japanese puppet army had come to the foot of Langya Mountain.

At that time, there were not many troops left in Langya Mountain, but there were more than 40,000 party and government organs in the four nearby counties and the masses who were driven down to Langya Mountain by the enemy.

This group of people had no guns and could only find an opportunity to move as soon as possible.

The enemy's "three-light policy" made the fighters afraid to leave the masses in the local area, therefore, the cover work was on the line.

Under the orders of Yang Chengwu, commander of the 1st Division, Qiu Wei, commander of the 1st Regiment, led four guerrilla detachments to take advantage of the existing positions and delay the enemy's speed as much as possible.

However, at this time, the Japanese army had completed the blockade of all roads in Langya Mountain, and it was impossible to smoothly evacuate the position in Langya Mountain.

As a result, the 3rd Regiment and the 20th Regiment of the 1st Division emerged from the area of Lingxi and Liujiatai and launched a fierce assault on the enemy's troops.

Under the onslaught of our army, the Japanese puppet army responded in a hurry and suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese army thought that it had encountered the main force of our army, so it urgently dispatched the main force of the Japanese army to the area of Lingxi and Liujiatai.

This gave the masses at the Langya Mountain station a chance to move.

Commander Qiu Wei seized the favorable opportunity and led the troops on the position to cover the retreat of the masses.

As soon as our army moved on this side, the enemy quickly saw through the intentions of our army, so he dispersed the Japanese troops to attack the masses in the Langya Mountain position.

In accordance with the instructions of Commander Yang Chengwu, the regiment of Commander Qiu Wei served as the main force to cover the enemy's footsteps in the rear;When the masses and the main forces were almost withdrawn, the task of covering was given to the seventh company of the regiment.

According to the terrain, the 7th Company fought and retreated with the Japanese army, and they went all the way to the supply station on the west side of Langya Mountain, where they received many bullets and grenades at one time.

When the large army left, most of the equipment could not be taken away in time due to the transfer, leaving them with a lot, which also allowed them to use these arms to fight the enemy.

Under the resistance of the soldiers of the Seventh Company, the Japanese puppet army always thought that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had not gone far.

In this way, I have been following the Seventh Company around the Langya Mountains.

By noon on the 24th, the main forces and the masses had moved to safety.

The Seventh Company was worried that the main force was not safe enough, so it fought with the Japanese puppet army until the evening, and then began to think about the plan to evacuate.

According to the original plan, the 7th Company would leave a squad of members to continue the interdiction mission.

The Seventh Company set up a machine-gun position in the local area, and used the mines in its hands to lay mines at the two necessary strongholds of "Little Grimace" and "Hades' Nose", which were the most dangerous places in the chessboard.

said that it was a class, but in the sixth class at this time, only the squad leader Ma Baoyu was left with the soldiers Hu Delin and Hu Fucai, and the deputy squad leader Ge Zhenlin took Song Xueyi - the whole class was five people at this time.

All five of them are very clear about the fate they left behind.

The enemy has more than 500 people, and there are only 5 of them, and the only way to stop the enemy in the face of such a huge disparity is to take advantage of the terrain and previous preparations, and the possibility of victory is zero.

Despite this, the squad leader Ma Baoyu divided the remaining five people into two teams and was responsible for the machine guns in the two positions.

The enemy was attacked by two machine guns, and thinking that the main force of our army was still there, gathered more than 500 people and cautiously attacked the position where the five fighters were.

The battle lasted until the early morning of the 25th, and the five warriors also came to the chessboard.

There are two paths at the intersection of the chessboard, one is the path taken by the main force to retreat, and the other is to go to the summit - this is a dead end.

Ma Baoyu looked at the four comrades-in-arms who were more or less injured and fell into a tangle.

The other fighters looked at the squad leader like this, and they all knew what Ma Baoyu's team was thinking, and they said one after another

"Let's go, squad leader!Nothing to hesitate about!”

"Yes, squad leader, even if it is death, you have to catch a few devils!”

Encouraged by his comrades-in-arms, Ma Baoyu no longer hesitated, and they resolutely embarked on the road to the top.

Under the guidance of the "gunfire" of the five heroes, the Japanese army embarked on the desperate road of the peak of Langya Mountain, and lost the opportunity to pursue the main force and the masses of our army.

Seeing the enemy follow, the five heroes breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, at this time, the enemy had already learned that the Five Heroes were nothing more than a small guerrilla force, not the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

But after such a long pursuit and such heavy losses, the Japanese army obviously could not be satisfied if this force was not wiped out.

Moreover, leaving such a team behind him, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no "backstabbing", so even if the Japanese puppet army knows that there are only a few people on the other side, it still marches to the top of the chessboard in the form of a big "sweep".

The five warriors fought and retreated, and along the way, they encountered some stragglers.

The stragglers persuaded them to hide in the cave to avoid the enemy's sweep, but the five brave men were determined and did not heed the kindness of the stragglers.

Later, they met a Taoist priest surnamed Li, who also told the five warriors that they could hide in a cave or a Taoist temple, but the five warriors refused his kindness.

They gave up the chance to break through and walked exceptionally determined every step.

Soon, they were at the top of the chessboard.

Here the view is wide, and they also see the backs of the distant troops.

The enemy is in hot pursuit, they have run out of bullets and mines have run out.

But they never gave in, and still chose to pick up the stones around them and smash them at the enemy.

Soon, the stones that could be used around me were also used up.

Ma Baoyu, the squad leader, said to his comrades around him with a smile

"Comrades!Our mission is accomplished!”

Hearing Ma Baoyu's words, the other fighters laughed one after another, even if the wounds on their bodies were in severe pain, it was not enough to make them succumb.

Ma Baoyu looked at the younger Song Xueyi and said:

"Comrade Xueyi, if you can survive today, I recommend you to join the party and be your introducer to join the party. If I die, your letter of introduction is in my jacket pocket!”

Listening to the squad leader's words, Song Xueyi suddenly burst into tears.

Ma Baoyu stepped forward and patted Song Xueyi on the shoulder, looking at the approaching Japanese army, he took the lead and jumped off the cliff.

Immediately afterwards, Ge Zhenlin, Hu Delin, Song Xueyi and Hu Fucai also jumped down with Ma Baoyu.

The Japanese puppets in the rear, seeing this scene, admired these fighters one after another.

It is said that the leader of the Japanese army, who took the lead, looked in the direction where the five heroes disappeared, and also took the lead in taking off his military hat and saluting (later memories of the villagers).

The heroism of the five heroes made the local residents admire, and even more so the commander Yang Chengwu was very admired.

Fortunately, Song Xueyi and Ge Zhenlin, among the five heroes, saved their lives because they were stopped by the trees at the foot of the mountain.

Later, the villagers took advantage of the Japanese puppet army to take Song Xueyi and Ge Zhenlin away.

But the other three strong men still died heroically.

"Five Heroes of Langya Mountain", this is a heroic story that can be sung and cried, and it is the hero of the Chinese nation!

They used their lives to interpret the heroic spirit of the Eighth Route Army in that era, which would rather die than make its own contribution to the War of Resistance.

However, in recent years, there have been cases of "slandering" heroes and "slandering" history.

For example, some articles have pointed out that there are "falsehoods" in this history, and speculated that it is impossible for the five heroes of Langya Mountain to kill "more than ninety" enemies under that situation (Anti-Japanese War Communication).

So, how many enemies did the five heroes destroy?

It is true that objectively speaking, it was extremely difficult to kill "more than 90 enemies" with the disparity of five people, but fortunately, there were combat reports and records at that time.

According to the battle report of the 1st Division at that time, in the first stage of the operation at Langya Mountain, a total of more than 40 enemies were killed, which was the result of the joint efforts of the 7th Company.

And the second stage, that is, the stage when the five heroes were left in two groups, killed and wounded more than 20 Japanese puppet soldiers.

Finally, there is the third stage, the process of the five heroes going to the top, using the remaining guns and stones, etc., to kill and wound more than 20 enemies again.

Judging from these three stages, it can be said that there is no problem in killing "more than ninety" enemies.

It should be noted that the seven companies and the minefields left behind by the seven companies provide a great boost.

But this is undeniable, the feat of the five heroes in Langya Mountain.

The relevant departments of the state clarified this historical fact in a timely manner, but soon people with ulterior motives proposed that the five heroes were not the people's army at that time, but the army that used force to oppress the people, and the local people could not bear to be oppressed, so they took the initiative to attract the Japanese army to rescue themselves.

Once this argument was put forward, it was quickly bombarded by netizens!

Even if you don't have a brain, this kind of thinking is impossible: at that time, it was the time of the anti-Japanese war, which villager would do such a thing of "the relatives hate the enemies quickly"?

Moreover, in 1942, when the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region wanted to build a monument to the three martyrs of Langya Mountain, the local people put down their farm work and walked on the dangerous cliffs, just to move stones and bricks for the three martyrs and build a monument.

Isn't this kind of behavior enough to show?

Decades have passed, and this kind of voice has always appeared occasionally, and this chilling word has also reached the ears of the surviving strong man Ge Zhenlin, who personally walked out of the house to reveal his identity after learning about it - he had previously been incognito, and even his son did not know about his past.

Ge Zhenlin went to the Hengyang Armament Zone and told the young people this story.

He talked about it for a day and explained the events of that time very thoroughly.

Only then did the outside world understand the detailed past of the five heroes.

This also made those "weird" voices a lot quieter.

When Song Xueyi told the students about jumping off the cliff back then, he said:"We were all thinking about getting things done, and our emotions were so high that there was nothing to be afraid of. ”

If it weren't for the outside world's doubts about this history, Song Xueyi wouldn't have told it.

After all, even his own daughter, he said:

"Compared to the heroes and martyrs who are buried in the ground, I am really nothing. ”

There is such a saying:

"A nation that has heroes but does not know respect and cherishes is a pitiful nation. ”

Yes, there are many heroes and great men in our Chinese nation, who fought and sacrificed for the Chinese nation, but now there are people who try to slander heroes.

The reason for this is inseparable from some foreign forces with "ulterior motives."

And we should bear in mind that we are Chinese, the descendants under the protection of countless predecessors and martyrs, and what we must do is to be confident in our own nation and our own national history!

Salute to the martyrs!The heroes of the revolution are immortal!